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| Title |
The changing form of Antarctic biodiversity
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Nature, June 2015
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| DOI | 10.1038/nature14505 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Steven L. Chown, Andrew Clarke, Ceridwen I. Fraser, S. Craig Cary, Katherine L. Moon, Melodie A. McGeoch |
| Abstract |
Antarctic biodiversity is much more extensive, ecologically diverse and biogeographically structured than previously thought. Understanding of how this diversity is distributed in marine and terrestrial systems, the mechanisms underlying its spatial variation, and the significance of the microbiota is growing rapidly. Broadly recognizable drivers of diversity variation include energy availability and historical refugia. The impacts of local human activities and global environmental change nonetheless pose challenges to the current and future understanding of Antarctic biodiversity. Life in the Antarctic and the Southern Ocean is surprisingly rich, and as much at risk from environmental change as it is elsewhere. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 73 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 18% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 5% |
| Australia | 3 | 4% |
| Belgium | 3 | 4% |
| Italy | 3 | 4% |
| New Zealand | 2 | 3% |
| Canada | 2 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| Argentina | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 9 | 12% |
| Unknown | 32 | 44% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 55 | 75% |
| Scientists | 13 | 18% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 5 | 7% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 529 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 2% |
| Belgium | 4 | <1% |
| New Zealand | 2 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 4 | <1% |
| Unknown | 500 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 104 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 93 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 66 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 54 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 25 | 5% |
| Other | 87 | 16% |
| Unknown | 100 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 174 | 33% |
| Environmental Science | 98 | 19% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 46 | 9% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 42 | 8% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 7 | 1% |
| Other | 39 | 7% |
| Unknown | 123 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 229. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 February 2024.
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#203
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